Yolo-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Dexter, Lorenzo 1813 - 1881
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 31, 2007, 1:11 pm

Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

LORENZO DEXTER, deceased, formerly a farmer near Winters, Yolo County, was one
of the old and respected farmers of that locality. He was born April 1, 1813, in
Herkimer County, New York, the son of Samuel and Anna (Fargo) Dexter. Samuel, a
farmer, moved to Michigan in 1833, where he lived until his death. Being one of
the earliest settlers in that State, he found the country an unbroken forest,
through which he had to cut fifteen miles to find his claim. Lorenzo, the
subject of this notice, was brought up on a farm in such a country, and when he
was twenty years of age he struck out for himself, continuing as a farm hand. In
1850 he came to California, with horse teams, being four months on the route.
His first stop in the Golden State was at Hangtown, where he was engaged in
mining for six years, being moderately successful. During the last two years of
that period he was superintendent of water ditches and reservoirs for mining
companies. In 1856 he went into Yolo County, purchased a squatter's title to a
tract two miles northeast of Winter's and settled upon it, thus becoming one of
the first settlers in that part of Yolo County. At length he increased his land
possessions to 440 acres, which he improved from barren plains to a comfortable
home, which he enjoyed in the evening of life. He was married June 20, 1837, to
Miss Sarah M. Phelps, a native of Ohio, who still survives him. Of their four
children two are now living, namely Mason S., of Monterey county, and Ida L.,
wife of J. P. Trumbull. Mr. Dexter was a member of the blue lodge and chapter of
the Masonic fraternity at Woodland. He died in 1881, on the sixty-eighth
anniversary of his birth-day, suddenly falling prostrate in the front yard at
his home.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/bios/dexter604gbs.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/

File size: 3.0 Kb